Good luck to everyone
running Stu’s this weekend! Will Ruben Sanca take down the CR?
30 years ago I ran my
first Stu’s (it was the New England 30km championships). I managed to top
the field of over 500 finishers for my first of five wins over the rugged loop
around the reservoir. My 1:39:09 time was well short of the course
record. However…
Twenty-one years ago (03-09-1997)
I set the still standing course record for the Stu’s 30k. My 1:39:15
has held up, but it has been helped by the race not being in the USATF NE grand
prix since that year. It is also helped by the course
moving from Tahanto Regional school to Clinton High. That removed
a lot of fast history! I’m not sure which course is tougher. The
current big hill at 9.5 was at 15 miles on the old course, which was tough but
then you had a pretty fast mostly downhill finish to the school. The
tough two “little” hills coming out of Clinton were in the early part of the
race back before 1996 but now they are in the final 2 miles making for a tough
finish. All things considered they are probably equally difficult.
My Stu’s results
Date
Time
Place field Notes
03/27/88
1:39:09
1
510 50’s very windy 1600/3320/6740
03/19/89
1:37:54
2
518 30’s no wind 3139/3137/3438 (13.1
in 66:45 then eased up)
03/08/92
1:38:03
1
625 Nice day no wind 40s. 2. Dillon
1:38:03.3 3. Sheehan 1:38:07
03/07/93
1:40:14
1
565 Windy 45 deg, Dan pushed from 10-12,
2nd was 1:40:39
03/05/95
1:41:30
5
682 30s, big group for 14, trouble w
blisters on downs.
03/03/96
1:41:04
5
986 Very windy snowy, low vis 30s last 4m.
1. Marcus 1:39:31
03/09/97
1:39:14
1 993
25-30 degrees, won in the last 100m on a kick
03/04/01
1:48:34
1
487 Slick, cold windy ran with Kevin Beck
(he let me win)
Top times (current
version of the course)
|
Rank
|
Time
|
Year
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
St
|
Team
|
|
|
1
|
1:39:15
|
1997
|
1
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
33
|
Bradford
|
MA
|
CMS
|
|
2
|
1:39:18
|
1997
|
2
|
Andy
|
Spaulding
|
26
|
Sunderland
|
MA
|
GLRR
|
|
3
|
1:39:31
|
1996
|
1
|
David
|
Marcus
|
25
|
Somerville
|
MA
|
BRC
|
|
4
|
1:39:34
|
1997
|
3
|
Craig
|
Fram
|
38
|
Plaistow
|
NH
|
CMS
|
|
5
|
1:39:54
|
1997
|
4
|
Jose
|
Moreira
|
28
|
Jam-Plain
|
MA
|
BAA
|
|
6
|
1:39:59
|
1997
|
5
|
Byrne
|
Decker
|
29
|
Yarmouth
|
ME
|
CMS
|
|
7
|
1:40:02
|
1996
|
2
|
George
|
Luke
|
29
|
Waltham
|
MA
|
GLRR
|
|
8
|
1:40:21
|
1997
|
6
|
Eric
|
Morse
|
31
|
Montpelier
|
VT
|
CMS
|
|
9
|
1:40:25
|
1996
|
3
|
Craig
|
Fram
|
37
|
Plaistow
|
NH
|
CMS
|
|
10
|
1:40:35
|
2017
|
1
|
Ruben
|
Sanca
|
30
|
Chelmsford
|
MA
|
WRT
|
|
11
|
1:40:36
|
1996
|
4
|
Mike
|
Nahom
|
28
|
New
Milford
|
CT
|
CMS
|
|
12
|
1:40:44
|
1997
|
7
|
Eric
|
Beauchesne
|
27
|
Chelmsford
|
MA
|
GLRR
|
|
13
|
1:40:58
|
2007
|
1
|
Patrick
|
Moulton
|
25
|
Pelham,
|
NH
|
BAA
|
|
14
|
1:41:04
|
1996
|
5
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
31
|
Bradford
|
MA
|
CMS
|
|
Old course - All sub 1:41
|
|||||||||
|
Rank
|
Time
|
Year
|
Place
|
Name
|
Age
|
City
|
St
|
Team
|
|
|
1
|
1:35:44
|
1985
|
1
|
Steve
|
Snover
|
CMS
|
|||
|
2
|
1:37:08
|
1987
|
1
|
Steve
|
O'Connell
|
CMS
|
|||
|
3
|
1:37:12
|
1989
|
1
|
Scott
|
Bagley
|
CMS
|
|||
|
4
|
1:37:14
|
1987
|
2
|
Allen
|
Zetterlund
|
UN
|
|||
|
5
|
1:37:34
|
1986
|
1
|
Steve
|
Snover
|
GSH
|
|||
|
6
|
1:37:54
|
1989
|
2
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
GLRR
|
|||
|
7
|
1:37:55
|
1986
|
2
|
Mike
|
Slavin
|
BAA
|
|||
|
8
|
1:38:03
|
1992
|
1
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
CMS
|
|||
|
9
|
1:38:03
|
1992
|
2
|
Dan
|
Dillon
|
BAA
|
|||
|
10
|
1:38:07
|
1992
|
3
|
Ed
|
Sheehan
|
BRC
|
|||
|
11
|
1:38:10
|
1986
|
3
|
John
|
Kessinger
|
BAA
|
|||
|
12
|
1:38:25
|
1985
|
2
|
John
|
Kessinger
|
||||
|
13
|
1:39:09
|
1988
|
1
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
GLRR
|
|||
|
14
|
1:39:46
|
1994
|
1
|
Ed
|
Sheehan
|
36
|
Somerville
|
MA
|
BRC
|
|
15
|
1:39:46
|
1985
|
3
|
Steve
|
O'Connell
|
CMS
|
|||
|
16
|
1:39:50
|
1986
|
4
|
Bruce
|
Butterworth
|
WRT
|
|||
|
17
|
1:39:56
|
1985
|
4
|
Michael
|
Slavin
|
||||
|
18
|
1:40:14
|
1993
|
1
|
Dave
|
Dunham
|
28
|
Londonderry
|
NH
|
CMS
|
|
19
|
1:40:14
|
1986
|
5
|
Steve
|
O'Connell
|
CMS
|
|||
|
20
|
1:40:19
|
1995
|
1
|
Byrne
|
Decker
|
27
|
Londonderry
|
NH
|
CMS
|
|
21
|
1:40:29
|
1994
|
2
|
Dan
|
Verrington
|
31
|
Bradford
|
MA
|
CMS
|
|
22
|
1:40:36
|
1985
|
5
|
Mark
|
Murray
|
||||
|
23
|
1:40:39
|
1993
|
2
|
Dan
|
Verrington
|
30
|
Bradford
|
MA
|
CMS
|
|
24
|
1:40:39
|
1987
|
3
|
Michael
|
DeChane
|
WRT
|
|||
|
25
|
1:40:48
|
1994
|
3
|
Craig
|
Fram
|
35
|
Hamstead
|
NH
|
WRT
|
|
26
|
1:40:57
|
1987
|
4
|
Jon
|
Waldron
|
CSU
|
|||
|
27
|
1:40:59
|
1995
|
2
|
Glen
|
Guillemette
|
35
|
Warwick
|
RI
|
TNT
|
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